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Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The site consists of a barrow or cairn structure typical of funerary practices dating to the Bronze Age period. Such monuments were constructed as substantial earthworks or stone mounds to mark burial sites and served as focal points for ritual and commemorative activity within prehistoric communities. The cairn remains a significant example of Bronze Age funerary architecture in the Devon landscape and contributes to the archaeological understanding of regional burial traditions and settlement patterns from this period.
Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013317. View the official record →
Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013317.
Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013317.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon (1.2 km), Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon (1.2 km), Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.